Daniel 3:10
in Daniel 3You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
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ASV
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
KJV
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
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This verse in Daniel 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Thou, O king, hast made a decree ... - See Dan 3:4-5. As the decree included “every man” who heard the sound of the music, it of course embraced the Jews, whatever religious scruples they might have. Whether their scruples, however, were known at the time is not certain; or whether they would have been regarded if known, is no more certain.
This site's exposition
accused the Jews
on Daniel 3:8-15
Some astrologers “maliciously accused the Jews,” and Keil notes the Aramaic idiom behind it: they ate the pieces of them, accusation pictured as devouring. His question, “Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?” is the one the rest of the chapter answers.
This site's exposition
have issued a decree
The accusers recite the king's own law back to him. Albert Barnes notes that the decree covered everyone who heard the music, the Jews included, whatever their scruples. Matthew Henry grants that this was the law and asks whether it was a righteous one.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou, O king, hast made a decree,....
It cannot be denied but that this was the law; whether a righteous law or no ought to be considered. To inform him that these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, had not conformed to this edict,
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֣נְתְּ | ʾantah | you | H607 → | 15 times |
| מַלְכָּא֮ | malka' | king O | H4430 → | 180 times |
| שָׂ֣מְתָּ | sameta | you made | H7761 → | 26 times |
| טְּעֵם֒ | teem | a decree | H2942 → | 28 times |
| דִּ֣י | di | that | H1768 → | 345 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3606 → | 82 times |
| אֱנָ֡שׁ | ʾenash | person | H606 → | 25 times |
| דִּֽי־ | di- | who | H1768 → | 345 times |
| יִשְׁמַ֡ע | yishma' | he will hear | H8086 → | 9 times |
| קָ֣ל | kal | [the] sound of | H7032 → | 7 times |
| קַרְנָ֣א | karna' | horn the | H7162 → | 14 times |
| מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָא | mashrokita' | flute the | H4953 → | 4 times |
| קַתְר֨וֹס | kitaros | zither | H7030 → | 4 times |
| שַׂבְּכָ֤א | sabekha' | trigon | H5443 → | 4 times |
| פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ | fesanterin | harp | H6460 → | 4 times |
| וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה | vesiponeyah | and pipe | H5481 → | 4 times |
| וְכֹ֖ל | vekhol | and all | H3606 → | 82 times |
| זְנֵ֣י | zenei | <the> kinds of | H2178 → | 4 times |
| זְמָרָ֑א | zemara' | <the> music | H2170 → | 4 times |
| יִפֵּ֥ל | yipel | he will fall down | H5308 → | 11 times |
| וְיִסְגֻּ֖ד | veyisgud | so he may pay homage | H5457 → | 12 times |
| לְצֶ֥לֶם | letzelem | to [the] image of | H6755 → | 17 times |
| דַּהֲבָֽא׃ | dahava' | <the> gold | H1722 → | 23 times |
אַ֣נְתְּyou
ʾantahH607 →15 times
מַלְכָּא֮king O
malka'H4430 →180 times
שָׂ֣מְתָּyou made
sametaH7761 →26 times
טְּעֵם֒a decree
teemH2942 →28 times
דִּ֣יthat
diH1768 →345 times
כָל־every
khol-H3606 →82 times
אֱנָ֡שׁperson
ʾenashH606 →25 times
דִּֽי־who
di-H1768 →345 times
יִשְׁמַ֡עhe will hear
yishma'H8086 →9 times
קָ֣ל[the] sound of
kalH7032 →7 times
קַרְנָ֣אhorn the
karna'H7162 →14 times
מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָאflute the
mashrokita'H4953 →4 times
קַתְר֨וֹסzither
kitarosH7030 →4 times
שַׂבְּכָ֤אtrigon
sabekha'H5443 →4 times
פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙harp
fesanterinH6460 →4 times
וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔הand pipe
vesiponeyahH5481 →4 times
וְכֹ֖לand all
vekholH3606 →82 times
זְנֵ֣י<the> kinds of
zeneiH2178 →4 times
זְמָרָ֑א<the> music
zemara'H2170 →4 times
יִפֵּ֥לhe will fall down
yipelH5308 →11 times
וְיִסְגֻּ֖דso he may pay homage
veyisgudH5457 →12 times
לְצֶ֥לֶםto [the] image of
letzelemH6755 →17 times
דַּהֲבָֽא׃<the> gold
dahava'H1722 →23 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 6:12So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will…
it leads to
- Daniel 6:8
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
- Daniel 3:8–12
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
- Esther 1:19
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never…
- Acts 16:19
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- Acts 16:24
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Daniel 6:8
Through
Exodus 1:16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
it leads to
- Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Matthew 21:38
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
- Revelation 12:4
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child…
- Exodus 1:22
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About Daniel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.